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O. B. ADRIANGE.

FOLDING BED,

Patented Feb. 6

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0,3. ADRIANGE.

FOLDING BED.

No. 514,402. PaflentedTeh. 6, 1894;

' Unrrnn STATES PATENT CORNELIUS B. ADRIANCE, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

FOLDING BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 514,402, dated February6, 1894. Application filed June 9, 1892. Serial No. 486,110- (N model.

To all" whom it may concern.-

Beitknown that LOoRNELIUs B.ADR.IANCE, acitizen of the United States ofAmerica.residing at Buifalo, in the countyof Erie and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Beds; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in folding cots.

The object of the invention is to provide a bed or cot which when not inuse may be folded to occupy but a small amount of space, said cot beingalso provided with an extensible mattress supporting frame; and itconsists in the constructionand combination of the parts, as will behereinafter fully set forth and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification: Figure1 is a plan view of a cot or bed constructed in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsectional view. Fig. 4: is a side elevation, showing the cot folded.Fig. 5 is a sectional view through the side rails. Fig. 6 is a detailperspective View of one of the side rails.

A and A designate the head and footsections of the bed or cot, the samebeing made up of posts a a, connected to each other by pieces a, a andthe usual head and foot boards. The posts are made flat where the siderails abut against the same, and are provided with mortises I) overwhich are secured metal plates b having vertical slots to receive hooksattached to the side rails. otally attached to the inner sides of thereel;- angular portions of the posts and are also pivoted to the siderails or blocks B attached to and overlapping the side rails. Each siderail is made up of three pieces: 0 designating the connecting strip withwhich the end pieces 0 C are in sliding engagement. The end pieces ofone side rail are connected to the opposite end pieces of. the otherrail by transverse bars D D, which serve as supports Flat bars B arepiv-' for the bed bottom E, as will be hereinafter described. Themeeting faces of the pieces which make up the side rails are providedlongitudinally with diverging grooves or recesses c c which receive themembers of a cruciform casting or block d; said blocks being rigidlyattached to the ends of the connecting strip and to the outer ends ofthe end pieces 0 G and slide in the grooves or recesses in the adjacentstrip.

The mattress supporting frame is made up of longitudinal bars 6 e, whichlie one above the other, said bars being connected to each other byloops so that the mattress supporting frame may be extendedlongitudinally, and the bars 6 are connected at their outer ends bytransverse bars g. To these transverse bars are attached springs h,which consist of metallic plates curved as shown to engage with thetransverse bar 9 of the mattress support and with the cross-bars D ofthe bed.

A bed constructed as herein shown and described may be extendedlongitudinally, and

when it is desired to pack or store the same the head and foot sectionscan be swung upwardly so as to disengage the hook therefrom, and whenswung can be folded as shown in Fig. a. When the parts are folded theymay be retained by a suitable hook carried by the inner sides of therails.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim- 7 1. A folding and extensible cot or bed, comprisingmon-extensible head and foot sections the legs thereof having mortisesand slotted plates, extensible side rails each made up of a central andend sections which are grooved on their abutting faces, cruciform blockswhich engage with said grooves and connect the sections, bars pivotallyconnected to the head and foot sections and to the end sections of theside rails, cross bars which connect the opposite end sections to eachother and provide a support for the bed-bottom, said bed-bottom beingmade up of longitudinal slats which are connected near their ends tocross pieces, and provided adjacent to the abutting ends with loops, thecross pieces carrying springs having bent ends for engagement with thecross bars attached to the side rails, substantially as shown.

' 2. The combination in a longitudinally extensible and folding cot orbed, of the end sections A and A, extensible side rails and mattresssection carried by the side rails, links B B pivoted at one end to thecorner posts and at the other to the extensible side rails, and hooksrigidly secured to the ends of the side rails which are adapted toengage with slotted plates attached to the corner posts, whereby theparts are adapted to be swung in engagement with each other, and whenthe side rails and mattress section are contracted the head and footsections can be swung 'to lie one above the other, the parts being heldtogether when folded by hooks which engage with the side rails and uppersection,snbstan- 15 tially as shown, and for the purpose set forth. Intestimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CORNELIUS B. ADRIANOE. WVitnesses:

FRED. SANDROOK, W. J SANDROOK.

